Expository Text and Middle School Students: Some Lessons Learned.

Street, Chris

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ERIC Number: EJ646942

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2002

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Expository Text and Middle School Students: Some Lessons Learned.

Street, Chris

Voices from the Middle, v9 n4 p33-38 May 2002

Presents the "Structured Reading Lesson" as one simple way to structure reading activities so that the before, during, and after phases of the reading experience are all touched upon. Considers how reading strategies that students have developed to comprehend fictional narratives do not always help them with textbooks. Presents strategies to engage students with expository text. (SG)

Descriptors: Class Activities, Fiction, Middle Schools, Nonfiction, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Textbook Content

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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